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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Balanced scorecard en las empresas mixtas petroleras del municipio Maracaibo del estado Zulia
No full textThis research aimed to identify perspectives based on the balanced scorecard approach in mixed oil ventures in Maracaibo, State of Zulia. Theoretical support for the study came from contributions made by Caycho (2010), Kaplan and Norton (2004), Lopez (2001), Muniz and Monfort (2005), Niven (2003), Perez (2003), Rampersad (2005) and Solano et al (2002), among others. This is a descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional, field study. The population consisted of a total of forty subjects including managers and supervisors. The technique used was a structured questionnaire, developed especially for the balanced scorecard variable, consisting of fifty items with a Likert-type response scale, validated by five experts and producing a Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of (0.99). The study showed how mixed oil companies in the Maracaibo Municipality, State of Zulia, are measured using balanced scorecard (BSC) perspectives, sometimes with the financial indicator and almost always assessing indicators for the customer, internal process, learning and growth in the organization, showing a positive trend that seeks to improve its management system. To achieve this, the study recommends taking care of all perspectives (financial, customer, internal processes and organizational learning), so that the balanced indicator system (BIS) produces a series of favorable results in the administration of the companies under study, since it is necessary to implement the methodology, monitoring and ongoing analysis of the indicators obtained.La presente investigación, tuvo como objetivo identificar las perspectivas basadas en el enfoque del Balanced Scorecard en las empresas mixtas petroleras del municipio Maracaibo del estado Zulia. El sustento teórico utilizado para el estudio, se enmarcó en los aportes realizados por Caycho (2010), Kaplan y Norton, (2004), López (2001), Muñiz y Monfort (2005), Niven (2003), Pérez (2003), Rampersad (2005), Solano et al (2002), entre otros. El presente estudio es de tipo descriptivo, de campo, no experimental, transaccional. La población estuvo conformada en total por cuarenta (40) sujetos entre gerentes y supervisores. Se utilizó como técnica la encuesta, la cual sirvió como mecanismo para evaluar la opinión de la población, a través de un cuestionario estructurado elaborado especialmente para la variable Balanced Scorecard, constituido por cincuenta items, bajo la escala de respuestas tipo Likert, validado por cinco expertos, con un coeficiente Alpha Cronbach que arrojó una confiabilidad de (0,99). Se evidencia cómo en las empresas mixtas petroleras del municipio Maracaibo del estado Zulia, se miden a través de las perspectivas del Balanced Scorecard (BSC) algunas veces con el indicador financiera y casi siempre evalúan las del cliente, proceso interno, aprendizaje y crecimiento en la organización, mostrando una tendencia positiva en busca de mejorar su sistema de gestión, para lo cual se recomendó cuidar que todas las perspectivas (financiera, clientes, procesos internos y aprendizaje organizacional), con el fin de que el Sistema Balanceado de Indicadores (SBI) produzca la serie de resultados favorables en la administración de la empresas objetos de estudio, ya que para lograrlo es necesario implementar la metodología, monitoreo y análisis constante de los indicadores obtenidos.
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Balanced scorecard en las empresas mixtas petroleras del municipio Maracaibo del estado Zulia
No full textThis research aimed to identify perspectives based on the balanced scorecard approach in mixed oil ventures in Maracaibo, State of Zulia. Theoretical support for the study came from contributions made by Caycho (2010), Kaplan and Norton (2004), Lopez (2001), Muniz and Monfort (2005), Niven (2003), Perez (2003), Rampersad (2005) and Solano et al (2002), among others. This is a descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional, field study. The population consisted of a total of forty subjects including managers and supervisors. The technique used was a structured questionnaire, developed especially for the balanced scorecard variable, consisting of fifty items with a Likert-type response scale, validated by five experts and producing a Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of (0.99). The study showed how mixed oil companies in the Maracaibo Municipality, State of Zulia, are measured using balanced scorecard (BSC) perspectives, sometimes with the financial indicator and almost always assessing indicators for the customer, internal process, learning and growth in the organization, showing a positive trend that seeks to improve its management system. To achieve this, the study recommends taking care of all perspectives (financial, customer, internal processes and organizational learning), so that the balanced indicator system (BIS) produces a series of favorable results in the administration of the companies under study, since it is necessary to implement the methodology, monitoring and ongoing analysis of the indicators obtained.La presente investigación, tuvo como objetivo identificar las perspectivas basadas en el enfoque del Balanced Scorecard en las empresas mixtas petroleras del municipio Maracaibo del estado Zulia. El sustento teórico utilizado para el estudio, se enmarcó en los aportes realizados por Caycho (2010), Kaplan y Norton, (2004), López (2001), Muñiz y Monfort (2005), Niven (2003), Pérez (2003), Rampersad (2005), Solano et al (2002), entre otros. El presente estudio es de tipo descriptivo, de campo, no experimental, transaccional. La población estuvo conformada en total por cuarenta (40) sujetos entre gerentes y supervisores. Se utilizó como técnica la encuesta, la cual sirvió como mecanismo para evaluar la opinión de la población, a través de un cuestionario estructurado elaborado especialmente para la variable Balanced Scorecard, constituido por cincuenta items, bajo la escala de respuestas tipo Likert, validado por cinco expertos, con un coeficiente Alpha Cronbach que arrojó una confiabilidad de (0,99). Se evidencia cómo en las empresas mixtas petroleras del municipio Maracaibo del estado Zulia, se miden a través de las perspectivas del Balanced Scorecard (BSC) algunas veces con el indicador financiera y casi siempre evalúan las del cliente, proceso interno, aprendizaje y crecimiento en la organización, mostrando una tendencia positiva en busca de mejorar su sistema de gestión, para lo cual se recomendó cuidar que todas las perspectivas (financiera, clientes, procesos internos y aprendizaje organizacional), con el fin de que el Sistema Balanceado de Indicadores (SBI) produzca la serie de resultados favorables en la administración de la empresas objetos de estudio, ya que para lograrlo es necesario implementar la metodología, monitoreo y análisis constante de los indicadores obtenidos
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